Mi’kmaq

July 11, 2019
Liz uncovered a new type of earthenware ceramic this week. Red body with a bright white tin glaze. Its a small piece but includes the base, side and rim.

Liz uncovered a new type of earthenware ceramic this week. Red body with a bright white tin glaze. Its a small piece but includes the base, side and rim.

 

Today we began the public archaeology program. Field gear awaits the arrival of the morning's participants.

 

July 10, 2019

Our community partner on the Fort St. Louis project , the Cape Sable Historical Society, came by today to check in on progress at the site. Members will participate in the public dig this week.

 

July 8, 2019
Vanessa and Liz work away at Operation J. The artifacts are steady and Feature 2 wall is emerging.

 

Vanessa and Liz work away at Operation J. The artifacts are steady and Feature 2 wall is emerging.

 

Another artifact for identification. A bit of animal bone.

 

July 5, 2019

A beautiful day at Fort St. Louis and Wow was it warm. Lots of water on site and we slowed the pace a little.

 

Marion joined the crew again. This is her third year excavating at the site. She is taking a few minutes to see what is happening at the other dig unit and discuss her findings underway at Operation F.

 

July 4, 2019
All the soils must be screened for artifacts, even the soil shaken loose from the sod layer.

 

Another beautiful day on the coast of Nova Scotia discovering history

A beautiful and warm day at the Fort St.  Louis dig project so, as sod is being removed from new excavation units, the canopy is up. Shade please!

July 3, 2019
Measuring out new excavation units at beautiful Fort St. Louis in Port La Tour.

 

The team is back this summer, building on work done in 2017 and 2018, an archaeological excavation is taking place at Fort Saint-Louis in Port La Tour, Shelburne County. Founded by Charles de la Tour, this 17th century fur trade post depicts early encounters and early trade relations between French settlers and the Mi’kmaq in the region known by the Mi’kmaq as Kespukwitk.

August 2, 2018

As we end the 2018 Fort Saint Louis field season, a big thank you is extended to all who contributed to the excavation. Heather R. of AFN was with us to the end. A natural excavator, we hope she will join us next year!

 

July 30, 2018

We are in the last hours of site preparations before closing everything up. Visitors pop by to have one more look at excavations.

 

This wall was uncovered during the public dig 4 weeks ago. As anticipated, it continues from the wall we found last year.

 

July 28, 2018
Christian Laforce, NSM photographer joined us on site this week to capture some of the digging action.
 
Patrick, an archaeology enthusiast, joined us today to clean up a few pits.
 
July 24, 2018
Archaeology at Fort Saint-Louis - Part 11

We had many visitors to the site today. It was great to share our discoveries.

 

Two local public archaeology dig participants returned to the site to see how excavation has progressed in recent weeks

 

July 20, 2018
Archaeology at Fort Saint-Louis - Part 10

We had some bailing to do in the units this morning. A lot of rain the day before.

 

David Jones joined us today and worked in a unit with an unusual charcoal stain.

 

July 19, 2018
Archaeology at Fort Saint-Louis - Part 9

It's rainy here today so its a great opportunity to begin cleaning artifacts. The bags are stacking up!

 

We cleared the kitchen table at the crew house and set up wash basins and toothbrushes.

 

July 18, 2018
Archaeology at Fort Saint-Louis - Part 8

A very foggy day on site today.

 

Thomasina uncovered a wonderful artifact today - a fragment of rolled trade copper.

 

July 17, 2018

We had a steady stream of visitors yesterday. The Acadian community is particularly interested in this early French archaeology site.

 

We had all the canopies up. It was a warm digging day.

 

July 16, 2018
Archaeology at Fort Saint-Louis - Part 6

We had help this weekend from Curator Adrian Morrison of the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic in Lunenburg. Thanks for your hard work Adrian!

 

July 11, 2018
Archaeology at Fort Saint-Louis - Part 5

We are in a bit of a tropical paradise here in Port La Tour. Often the fog sits far off the site as you can see in this picture.

 

Visitors are regular. This morning folks from Liverpool came by to see an archaeological excavation and learn of our findings so far.

 

July 10, 2018
Archaeology at Fort Saint-Louis

Another beautiful day at the archaeology site. We often see local fisherman at work in Port La Tour Harbour.

 

We began opeing up new units this week in areas where we found evidence of daily life at the fort in 2017.

 

July 6, 2018
Archaeology at Fort Saint-Louis - Part 2

 

A view of the archaeology project from the beach. The warm weather continued but a nice ocean breeze picked up today. Lovely!

 

Field technician Wesley Weatherbee joins colleagues from Saint Mary's University for an afternoon of digging.

 

July 5, 2018
Fort Saint Louis dig site

Similar to the rest of the province, it was hot and humid at the Fort Saint Louis dig site. We set up canopies and umbrellas for the excavators. Shade and water were a must!

 

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